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Marco Polo was from which Italian city?
Naples
Naples
Milan
Milan
Rome
Rome
Venice
Venice
A 1971 crush caused the death of fans in a football ground in which UK city?
London
London
Manchester
Manchester
Glasgow
Glasgow
Birmingham
Birmingham
Which city was the capital of the Ottoman Empire?
Carthage
Carthage
Rome
Rome
Baghdad
Baghdad
Constantinople
Constantinople
Actress Jayne Mansfield was killed in a car crash in which state in 1967?
North Carolina
North Carolina
Florida
Florida
Maine
Maine
Louisiana
Louisiana
The 2010 Arab Spring started with a revolt in which country?
Sudan
Sudan
Tunisia
Tunisia
Jordan
Jordan
Iran
Iran
The US re-established diplomatic links with which island in 2016?
Trinidad
Trinidad
Jamaica
Jamaica
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Cuba
Cuba
Singer Sonny Bono was mayor of which Californian city?
Pasadena
Pasadena
Palm Springs
Palm Springs
Malibu
Malibu
San Francisco
San Francisco
Alexandra Palace reopened in which city in 1875, rebuilt after a fire?
Paris
Paris
Berlin
Berlin
Moscow
Moscow
London
London
Where is the site of the Battle of Culloden?
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Glasgow
Inverness
Inverness
Belfast
Belfast
Constantine II was the last monarch of which European country?
Norway
Norway
Portugal
Portugal
Poland
Poland
Greece
Greece
Estonia was part of which country until 1991?
China
China
Germany
Germany
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Poland
Poland
Which color of tiles were used to build Imperial palaces in ancient China?
Green
Green
Pink
Pink
Yellow
Yellow
Purple
Purple
Anne Frank spent most of her life in which European city?
Paris
Paris
Prague
Prague
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Brussels
Brussels
Africa’s oldest university was established in which country in 1873?
Algeria
Algeria
Ghana
Ghana
Egypt
Egypt
South Africa
South Africa
In which city did the US Congress meet for the first time in 1789?
Salem
Salem
New York
New York
Boston
Boston
Providence
Providence
Smyrna was a strategically-important city in which modern day country?
Italy
Italy
Greece
Greece
Turkey
Turkey
Spain
Spain
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